Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, Madame de La Tour and the defence of Fort St. Jean, 1645
Fort La Tour In 1631 Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour built a fort here, one of the earliest centres of the French fur trade with the region’s Aboriginal peoples. During her husband’s absence in 1645, Françoise-Marie Jacquelin, Madame de La Tour, unsuccessfully defended the fort against their chief rival, Charles de Menou d’Aulnay, who … Read more